| Blood streams down the backs of Shiite Muslims during a ritual of self-flagellation in Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday March 24, 2002. The ritual was performed as Shiites celebrated their holiest day, Ashura, which marks the anniversary of the death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad. The men whip themselves with knives attached to chains to atone for Imam Hussein's death. The ritual was being performed openly for the first time since the overthrow of the Taliban, which had previously restricted the celebrations of the holy day. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) 
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| Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim men raise their bloody swords, which they had used to beat themselves, during the ceremony of Ashoura held in Nabatiyeh village in south Lebanon, March 24, 2002. Shiite's in Lebanon commemorated the killing of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, by his rival over 1,400 years ago. REUTERS/str
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| A Shiite Muslim woman holds a three-year old boy whose forehead was cut during a ceremony in Nabatiyeh on Sunday March 24, 2002. Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims turned out across Lebanon on Sunday to mark Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim religious festival which marks the AD 680 battle in which Imam Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Mohammed, was killed. (AP Photo) 
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| A Lebanese Shiite Muslim hits his head with his hand to spread the blood from his self inflicted wound during a march in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon on Sunday March 24, 2002. Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims turned out across Lebanon on Sunday to mark Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim religious festival which marks the AD 680 battle in which Imam Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Mohammed, was killed. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zatari) 
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| Lebanese Shiite Muslims hit their heads with hands and swords during a march in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon on Sunday March 24, 2002. Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims turned out across Lebanon on Sunday to mark Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim religious festival which marks the AD 680 battle in which Imam Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Mohammed, was killed. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zatari)
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| Moslem Shiite sect men beat themselves on the back with knives attached to chains as part of their religious belief in central Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday March 24, 2002. They beat themselves on the chest for the first 9 days of the Islamic calendar and on the 10th day they use knives and draw blood. This tenth day is the anniversary of the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Adam Butler)
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